FC Poltava () was a Ukrainian football club based in Poltava in 2007–2018.
History The club was created by the newly elected mayor of Poltava city, Andriy Matkovsky (2006–2010), who became the club's Honorary President, while the main sponsor and president was Leonid Sobolev.
FC Poltava entered the professional leagues for the 2007–08 season in the Druha Liha B without playing a single game at amateur level. The first coach of the main team was Oleksandr Omelchuk, who previously coached FC Vorskla-2 Poltava. FC Poltava started the season terribly, but in the second half they improved a great deal.
The team's goal was to train players for the teams of the Premier League and First League.History of the club from the official website The club also had intentions to reestablish the forgotten Poltava derby that in the Soviet times took place between teams of Kolhospnyk (today's Vorskla) and Lokomotyv. FC Poltava reached an agreement of cooperation with the local DYuSSh (sports school) imeni Horpynka as their supporting academy. Already in summer of 2010 the club announced of its withdrawal from the professional football due to a biased attitude from the PFL of Ukraine, particularly its refereeing.Official announcement: "FC Poltava withdraws from the competition After some talks with several state officials and from Ministry of sport a consensus was found. It was decided that the club would continue its participation in the Second League.
The home uniform was dark green.
On 21 June 2018, it was announced that FC Poltava was dissolved.
Honours Ukrainian First League Runners-up (1): 2017–18 Ukrainian Second League Winners (1): 2011–12 Runners-up (2): 2008–09, 2010–11
List of head coaches 2007–2009: Oleksandr Omelchuk 2009–2010: Ivan Shariy (caretaker) 2010–2010: Yuriy Malyhin 2010–2013: Anatoliy Bezsmertnyi 2013–2015: Ilya Blyznyuk 2015: Oleh FedorchukФК "Полтава" уволил главного тренера (FC Poltava fired its head coach). UA-Football. 1 September 2015 2015–2016 Anatoliy BezsmertnyiBezsmertny profile on FC Poltava website 2016: Andriy Zavyalov (caretaker) 2016–2017: Yuriy Yaroshenko 2017: Volodymyr Prokopinenko 2017–2018: Anatoliy Bezsmertnyi
League and cup history
{|class="wikitable" ! Season ! Div. ! Pos. ! Pl. ! W ! D ! L ! GS ! GA ! P !Domestic Cup !colspan=2|Europe !Notes |-bgcolor=PowderBlue |align=center|2007–08 |align=center|3rd "B" |align=center|11 |align=center|34 |align=center|11 |align=center|10 |align=center|13 |align=center|36 |align=center|51 |align=center|43 |align=center|Did not enter |align=center| |align=center| |align=center| |-bgcolor=PowderBlue |align=center|2008–09 |align=center|3rd "B" |align=center bgcolor=silver|2 |align=center|34 |align=center|21 |align=center|9 |align=center|4 |align=center|52 |align=center|23 |align=center|72 |align=center|1/32 finals |align=center| |align=center| |align=center| |-bgcolor=PowderBlue |align=center|2009–10 |align=center|3rd "B" |align=center bgcolor=tan|3 |align=center|26 |align=center|16 |align=center|6 |align=center|4 |align=center|34 |align=center|16 |align=center|54 |align=center|1/16 finals |align=center| |align=center| |align=center| |-bgcolor=PowderBlue |align=center|2010–11 |align=center|3rd "B" |align=center bgcolor=silver|2 |align=center|22 |align=center|15 |align=center|3 |align=center|4 |align=center|41 |align=center|24 |align=center|48 |align=center|1/8 finals |align=center| |align=center| |align=center| |-bgcolor=PowderBlue |align=center|2011–12 |align=center|3rd "B" |align=center bgcolor=gold|1 |align=center|26 |align=center|18 |align=center|5 |align=center|3 |align=center|50 |align=center|18 |align=center|59 |align=center|1/16 finals |align=center| |align=center| |align=center bgcolor=lightgreen|PromotedLost to FC Sumy in Championship game 2–1 |-bgcolor=LightCyan |align=center|2012–13 |align=center|2nd |align=center|13 |align=center| 34 |align=center|11 |align=center|12 |align=center|11 |align=center|35 |align=center|35 |align=center|45 |align=center|1/32 finals |align=center| |align=center| |align=center| |-bgcolor=LightCyan |align=center|2013–14 |align=center|2nd |align=center|4 |align=center|30 |align=center|14 |align=center|4 |align=center|12 |align=center|36 |align=center|34 |align=center|46 |align=center|1/16 finals |align=center| |align=center| |align=center| |-bgcolor=LightCyan |align=center|2014–15 |align=center|2nd |align=center|10 |align=center|30 |align=center|11 |align=center|9 |align=center|10 |align=center|29 |align=center|27 |align=center|42 |align=center|1/8 finals |align=center| |align=center| |align=center| |-bgcolor=LightCyan |align=center|2015–16 |align=center|2nd |align=center|10 |align=center|30 |align=center|10 |align=center|8 |align=center|12 |align=center|29 |align=center|32 |align=center|38 |align=center|1/32 finals |align=center| |align=center| |align=center| |-bgcolor=LightCyan |align=center|2016–17 |align=center|2nd |align=center|12 |align=center|34 |align=center|13 |align=center|4 |align=center|17 |align=center|33 |align=center|43 |align=center|40 |align=center|1/4 finalsMatch was not played. The Control-Disciplinary Committee of the FFU awarded a 3–0 technical victory to Shakhtar due to the state of the pitch at Lokomotyv Stadium |align=center| |align=center| |align=center|−33 points were deducted in accordance with the FFU Control and Disciplinary Committee. (12 January 2017) |-bgcolor=LightCyan |align=center|2017–18 |align=center|2nd |align=center bgcolor=silver|2 |align=center|34 |align=center|23 |align=center|3 |align=center|8 |align=center|56 |align=center|26 |align=center|72 |align=center|1/32 finals |align=center| |align=center| |align=center bgcolor=lightgreen|PromotedWon playoff against Chornomorets Odesa 3–1 on aggregate |- |align=center|2018–19 |align=center colspan=13 bgcolor=lightgrey|before the start of the season withdrew and dissolved
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